Jess McCabe

NEWS 23/03/184:45 PM BY JESS MCCABE Domestic violence victims are much more likely to live in rented accommodation than be owner-occupiers, research has revealed. A study by sociology professor Sylvia Walby and Jude Towers of Lancaster University found that two-thirds of domestic violence victims live in rented accommodation while one-third are owner-occupiers. This is an inversion of the proportion in the general…

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INSIGHT 27/03/187:00 AM BY JESS MCCABE After merger plans were scrapped at Thames Valley, its chief executive Geeta Nanda moved to Metropolitan, which is now planning to merge with her former employer. Jess McCabe asks why she thinks the outcome will be different this time. Photography by Julian Anderson “Whenever you start somewhere new, you feel like the new schoolgirl,” says Geeta Nanda. “You…

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The offices of Women’s Pioneer Housing are an unlikely location to discover a treasure trove. But tucked on the edge of north London’s zooming A40, in a modest, warren-like office, inside a big safe, that is exactly what this 990-home housing association has found. Chief executive Denise Fowler hovers at the edge of the safe as Inside Housing is allowed a quick…

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Parts of the South East of England’s housing market are slowing. But what are associations experiencing on the ground? Jess McCabe investigates. Illustration by Michelle Thompson No-one watching the housing market can have failed to see the signs of a slowdown in the South East. House prices dropped 0.5% in the region last year, and 0.6% in London, according to broker Jefferies. But…

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Sad news – The Toast is about to delete its archive. I was incredibly proud to have this interview published by them back in 2013. It was a confounding interview, but fun to write. By Jess McCabe on September 12, 2013 in INTERVIEWS Since her first opinion piece, a critique of college anti-rape activism, was published in 1993 in the New York Times, Roiphe, an academic…

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BY JESS MCCABE London families are being forced to share bathrooms and kitchens with strangers for long periods, as councils make use of an exemption in the law on temporary accommodation, an Inside Housing investigation has revealed. Homeless families are being housed for protracted periods in council-owned properties, Inside Housing has discovered, in conditions that would be illegal if their temporary accommodation was privately…

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Inside Housing has found that London councils are building their own hostels. But their exemption from a law on how long families can live in these conditions could be causing harm. Jess McCabe reports. Illustration by Luke Best. Photography by Alamy On the day Natasha moved into a hostel in south London, her toddler was having a nap when she heard a noise from…

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What’s it like trying to raise a baby in cramped and dangerous temporary housing? Jess McCabe investigates. Illustration by Jonathan Gibbs How do you teach a baby to crawl? What should be their first food? How do you toilet train a toddler? Should you let your baby sleep in your bed? These are questions all new parents ask. But if you’re homeless, finding…

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Going back to work when you’re breastfeeding can be daunting, but Jess McCabe knows her stuff… So you’re going back to work, but you’re still breastfeeding. Unless you work around the corner from your childcare and can nip out to quickly nurse your baby, you’re probably planning to express milk at work. Here are the eight things you need to…

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I’m really proud of this research – a repeat of a survey I came up with two years ago, this research has helped inform the magazine’s new ‘Inclusive Futures’ campaign to encourage diversity, which was last week’s front page story: Proud to launch our #InclusiveFutures campaign today. Triggered by @jester’s important diversity research over the past couple of years. We…